Week's Best Space Pictures: Stars Kiss and Black Holes Flash

Alaska glitters in ice and early galaxies glow.

By Michael Greshko,

National Geographic

PUBLISHED October 30, 2015

Feed your need for heavenly views of the universe with our pick of the most awe-inspiring space pictures. This week, a snake of plasma slithers across the Sun, NASA scientists prep for the cold, and the early universe’s chemistry gets a close-up.